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SEED PRESS DRILL.

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SEED PRESS DRILL. (Application led June 25, 1897.)

No. 6|2,o43. Patented oct. n, |898.

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(Application filed June 25, 1897.)

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SEED PRESS DRILL.

(Application filed June 25, 1897.)

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JAMES KING, OF BLUEV SPRINGS, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES A. VAN FELT, OF SAME PLACE.

sEEnPREss-DRILL.

sPEcIFIcA'rIoN arming part of Letters, Patent No. 612,043, dated october 1 1, 189s.

Application sied .Im 25, 18e?.

o fdl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES M. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blue Springs, in the county of Gage and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Seed Press-Drill, of which the following .isa speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in seed-drills in which I have embodied mechanism for pressing the soil upon the seed after it has been plantedin the furrow in the general manner indicated by United States Lett-ers Patent No. 495,495, granted to me April 18, 1893. I

It is my purpose to provide a machine which,

` generally stated, operates to open the furrow,

deposit the seed therein, pulverize the soil, cover up the seed, and press the soil firmly upon the seed, all of which is eiectedto plant the seed at a uniform depthA in all the furrows without regard to the ronghnessand unevenness of the soil. I l l My improved machine embodies au improved construction of the coller-carrying means, whereby the journals may be kept in a well-lubricated condition; mechanism for raising or lowering the front of the drill` in which the adjusting device is wholly under the control of the driver seated"` on the as to reduce the number of supportingl devices for such wheels; and the invention further consists in the novel combination of devices and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

'lo enable others to understand my invention, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the same in the accompanying draw- Sel'al No. 642,322. (No model.)

ings, forming a part of this specication, and

in which- Figure 1 is a plan view, with the hopper in dotted lines, of a seed press-drill constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on a plane at one side of the seat-carrying frame and showing the means whereby the front end of the drill may be raised or lowered. Fig. '-1 is a perspective view of a part of the seat-frame with the means for attaching the same to the front and rear shafts of the machine, together with the means for adjusting the drills and colters. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the plane indicated by the dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig.' 6 is a longitudinal section through the hopper and machine and on a plane at one side of the transmitting-gearing between the press-wheel axles and the feed- -roll shaft of the seed-dropping devices. Fig. Y

'7 is a detail view of one of the d rills with its spring-hanger and the colters. Fig. S is a side view, partly in section, of the devices shown by Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a vertical transverse sectional elevation through the drill to show the oil-feed tube, the axles, and the bolt of said drill. Fig. 10 is a detail view of one of the hanger-springs, illustrating the axle to carry a pair of the press wheels. Fig. 11 `is a detail View of one of the feed-cups with a part of the feed-roll shaft, the feed-roll, and i the smooth-faced follower for said feed-roll;

and Fig. 12 is a sectional elevation taken longitudi'nally through the parts shown by'Fig. 11.- Fig. 13 is a detail perspective view of the adjusting mechanism for the feed-roll shaftand to indicate the quantity of'V seed dropped by the seed-distributing devices. Fig. 14 is an enlarged plan view of the lefthand-part of Fig. 1, showing parts skeletonized and illustrating more particularly the transmitting mechanism between an adjacent pair of press-wheels and the feed-roll shaft. Fig. 15 isa sectional elevation on the plane indicated by the -dotted line 15 15 of Fig. 14, and Fig. 16 is a similar sectional elevation on the plane indicated by the dotted line 1G 16 of Fig. 14.

Like numerals of reference denote corre- IOO sponding parts in all the figures of the drawings, referring to which- 1 designates the main shaft or axle of the machine, and 2 is a rock-shaft which is arranged in front of the main shaft in a plane parallel therewith and is adapted to be raised or lowered with the colters, as will hereinafter appear. The main shaft or axle 1 and the transverse rock-shaft 2 are connected together by end bars 3 3, which also furnish supports for the transverse seed-hopper 4, the latter being bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to said end bars 3 The main shaft or axle 1 of the machine is rigidly attached to the rear extremities of the end bars 3 by the split castings 5 5, the latter being bolted to the bars 3 and having jaws formed by'the split portions of said castings,'whieh jaws receive the ends of the main shaft or axle 1 and are compressed thereon by bolts which operate to make the jaws rmly grip and hold the main shaft or axle 1. The front rock-shaft 2 has its ends fitted loosely in the castings tj, which are attached to the front ends of the bars 3 to serve as journal-boxes for the front rock-shaft 2. Y A The tongue of the machine is indicated by the numeral 6', and the rear end of this tongueis fitted on a bolt 7, which is supported in a pair of plates or ears 8, cast integral with a sleeve 9, which is fastened rigidly to the rockshaft 2 at the center thereof.

Fitted loosely on the rock-shaft 2 at points on opposite sides of the sleeve 9, which supports the rear end of the draft-tongue, are the castings 10 10, to the rear ends of .which are the main axle or shaft 1 fora suitable distance to form the lower part of the seat-suprl`hese lifting-bars are rigidly attached to the' fast castings 1G 17 at points intermediate of their length, and the front ends of said lifting-bars are converged inward toward the draft-tongue 6', so that they lit against opposite sides of said tongue to be attached thereto by a transverse bolt 19. These liftingbars 18 extend rearwardly below vthe main axle 1, and to the rear extremities thereof are, bolted the lower ends of vertical links 20. Attached to lower part of the seat-frame formed by the bars 11 are the journal-bearings 21, in which is mounted a. transverse short rock-shaft 22, and to the ends of said shaft is rigidly fastened the rocking arms 23,-

having the upper ends of the links 20 pivotally attached to their 'outer ends. To this short rook-shaft 22 is attached a controllingY lever 24, which carries a spring-operated dog 25, connected by a link 2G to a hand-grip 27, and said spring-operated dog is adapted to engage withl any one of a series of notches or seats formed in the peripheral edge of a holding-segment 28, which is fastened to one of the bars '11 in position for the dog to engage therewith at any point of adj ustment' of the lever` 24. lVhen the lever 24 is thrown to .the rear, the rock-shaft 22 is turned-to raise ing-bars are bolted firmly to the rock-shaft 2 and to the rear end of the tongue andas the tongue itself is connected to the rock-shaft and braced laterally by the lifting-bars the front part of the drill is raised out and above the ground and carried in that position, the weightbeing sustained by the press-wheels IOO connected with the main shaft or axle 1 and l,

porting frame, said bars l1 11 being bolted at intermediate points of their lengthto cast-y ings 12 12 on the main shaft or axle 1.

The seat 13 is supported by an upright frame consistingof the bars 14 and the braces' 15. Thebars 14 are attached at their front ends to the castings 12 on the main shaft or axle 1, and said bars 14 extend upwardly and rearwardly over the lower part or bars 11-of the seat-frame, the rear ends of the bars 14 being brought together to provide a shank 14', to which the seat 13 is attached. The

v braces 15 are fastened to the bars 11 and the upright bars 14 at points in front of the seat, as shown.

It will be observed that the main axle 1 and the front rock-shaft 2 are connected together at their ends by the end bars 3 and at the middle by the bars 11, so that the parts 1 and 2 are held in their proper parallel relation and the framework of the machine presents a substantial and rigid structure.

l will now proceed to describe the mechanism for raising or lowering the front part of the drill. l

To the rock-shaft 2 is rigidly fastened the on the front extremity of the udraft-tongue, which rests lin the -neck-yoke, to which the IIO team is hitched. To lower the front part of A the drill, the lever 24 is thrown forward to lower the links 20 and the lifting-bars, thus easing up on the draft-tongue and neck-yoke and allowing the colters and drills to penetrate the ground, the depth of such penetration being controlled by the adjusting of the lever 24.

The drills arereprescnted by the numerals 30, and they are arranged in series and in parallel relation to each otheron the front. shaft 2 of the machine, each drill being carried byaspring-han ger 31, which is attached to the drill and to the shaft 2 independently of the other spring-hangers of the series provided for the number of drills used in the machine. 1 construct each drill in a single casting in a novel form to support a pair of colter-disks and for the attachment of the spring-han ger securely thereto, and each drill is furthe-.more constructed with a lubricatingmeans for the stub-axles, on which the colter-disks are fitted. The drill is cast in a single piece, with a bracket 32 on its front side ngo and with the short stub-axles 33 33, which The drill is provided with the usual seed-con` ducting passage 34, and in the operation of casting the drillI embed therein andform as an integral part thereof a vertical lubricantconducting tube 35,which protrudes at its upper end above the horizontal face of the bracket 32, the lower end of said oil-tube discharging to a transverse oil-duct 35', by which the lubricant is conducted to the stub-axles 33 of the colter-disks 36 37. These colter-disks are clamped loosely against thesides of the drill, and they occupy `inclined positionsto the drill and to each other, substantially as shown by my PatentNo. 448,349, dated March 17, 1891. The spring-hanger 31 is fitted snugly upon the horizontal face of the bracket 32, and it is rigidly and firmly united thereto by suitable bolts, and said hanger is curved upwardly and rearwardly to enable it to be at'- tached to the front rock-shaft 2 of the machine. The front end of the hanger is rigidly attached to the upper side of the front rockshaft 2, and it extends over and in front of the shaft, and thence rearwardly to the bracket 32 of the drill, asshown.

In the drawings I have showh a series of ten drills and their complemental springs, which are attached to the front rock-shaft 2 independently of each other, so'as to sustain the' drills independent and allow them to have the desired play without respect to one an- The colterdisks are fitted loosely on the stub-axle, and this axle is made of hollow form to accommodate a transverse bolt 36', which passes throughthe stub-axle 33 and has the steel washers 37'- secured on its ends to laterally confine or clampthe colter-disks to the axle.

'lhe press-wheels, which serve to cover the seed deposited in the furrows and to pack the soil upon the seed, are indicated at 40 in thedrawings, and one of these press-wheels is arranged to follow in the path of a pair of the colter-disks and one of the drills 30. In my Y prior Letters Patent No. 495,495 I show each press-wheel carried by a separate spring, the number of which corresponds to the number of wheels used,as well as the number of drills and colters; but in my present invention I have constructed the press -wheelcarrying devices in a novel mannerto reduce the number of springs .required to supportthe proper number of press wheels with which the machine is to be equipped. According to this part of my invention I mount the press-wheels 40 in pairs on a series of short axles 41,`whieh are fitted centrally to the rearlower extremities of the carrying-springs 42.- The springs or spring-hangers 42 are curved throughout their length,and their upper-'ends are fasten'ed to the main shaft or axle 1,said spring-hangers being curved over in front of the shaft 1 and thence extended rearwardly and downward ly for suitable distances. The lower rear ends of the spring-hangers 42 are rigidly bolted to thebearings 43, which are arranged t0 permit the short axles 41 to pass through the same, the bearings thus constituting the housings for the axles 41. 'lhese axles extend beyond their housings to have their spindles exposed and to receive the hubs of the presswheels, the latter being confined on the axlespindles by any suitable means.

By supporting the press-wheels in pairs on a short axle which is common to two wheels I amV enabled to reduce by half the number of axles, the supports or boxings therefor,

and the spring-hangers, thus simplifying theV construction.

To the bottom of the seed-hopper 4 is rigidly attached a series of feed-cups 45, which communicate with the interior of the hopper through suitable openings provided in the bottom of the same. These seed orfeed cups are of the usual or any preferred construction,

with an open side wall at one side and with a flanged wall at its other side to receive the notched ring 46, through which passes and is journaled the tluted feed-roll 47,which istitted to the notched ring to rotate therewith and to have a limited endwise movement with the feed-roll shaft 48. This shaft 48 is of square or other angular form in cross-section, and it extends throughout the length of the feed-hooper 4 and through all of the series of feed-cups and the iiuted rolls in said cups. The feed-roll has 4a square opening through which passes the square shaft to couple the feed-rolls to the shaft and to makethe rolls rotate with the shaft, whereby all the rolls are operated from a common shaft, which, however, is capable of alimited endwise movement to adj ust the feed-rolls inthe seed-cups and to vary the area of each feed-roll within the feed-cup, so as to regulate or controlthe quantity of seed deposited by each dropping appliance of the series provided on the outside of the bottom of the hopper 4. Each feed-roll is sustained at one end by the notched A bearing-ring 46, and at its other end it is connected in a novel manner with a plain face or smooth cylindrical roll or follower 49, that is movable endwise with the luted feed-roll,

but is loosely mounted on the shaft 48. `The `ou the shaft 48 against endwise displacement by means of spring-cotters 5l 51, which pass through openings in the shaft 48, and these `cotters hold the cone and the smooth-facedv roll close up to one end of the fiuted feed-roll 47. The smooth-faced rollor follower 49 is adapted to abut against an annular flange 52,l

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of the smooth-faced roll or follower 49 is provided a longitudinal key or rib '53, which is fitted in a notched seat 54 in the bottom of the feed-cup, and this key is adapted to slide with the roll 49 in the key-seat 54 when the shaft .is adjusted endwise to move the iluted feed roll or follower 47 and the smooth-faced roll 49 endwise in the feed-cup.

It will be observed that the luted feed-roll 47 and the cone 50 are connected to the shaft v48 to rotate therewith at all times; but the smooth-faced roll or follower is loosely fitted on the shaft and is connected by the rib or key 53 to the feed-cup to normally occupy a stationary position, the smooth-faced roll beingheld up against the feed-roll by the cone. At the same timev the fluted and smooth-faced rolls are movable with the shaft 48 in its endwise adjustments, so that the feed-roll 47 may be partially projected or extended through its notched bearing-ring 46 and the smooth-faced roll correspondingly moved into the feed-cup, or vice versa, whereby the area of the fluted feed-roll exposed within the feed-cup may be varied to regulate the quantity of seed dischlarged from the feed-cup by 'the fluted feedro The feed-cups are connected with the drills by the hose or spouts 55, the upper ends of which are suitably attached to the feed-cups, while the lower ends of said hose or spouts it loosely in the vertical seed-conduits provided' in the drills. y

I will now proceed toydescribe the means for adjusting the feed-roll shaft 48 endwise.

To the bottom of the hopper 4 is rigidly fastened a supporting-plate, which is cast in a single piece with screw-holes 57 and with an arc-shaped slot 58. This supporting-plate is preferably of quadrant shape, and to one end of the plate is fulcrumed a controllinglever 60, the lever being fulcrumed on` the plate by a suitable pin or bolt 59. Near its free end the lever is slidably attached to the supporting-plate by means of a shifting bolt 61, which passes through the slot 58 and the lever 60 and which serves to hold the lever in place on the supporting-plate 5G. This lever 60 carries a bracket 61', which is attached centrally to the lever at a point intermediate of its length by a pivotal bolt 62, and this bracket is provided with recessed ears or flanges 63, the latter being arranged at the ends of the bracket to embrace an adjusting sleeve or collar 64 on the feed-roll shaft 48. The adjusting sleeve -or collar 64 has an angular opening to enable it to fit snugly on the shaft to rotate therewith, and endwise movement of this collar or sleeve is prevented by the' cotters or keys 65, which pass through openings in the shaft 48 and abut against tho ends of the adjusting collar or' sleeve. The collar or sleeve thus rotates with the shaft, but is held against endwise movement thereon, and the bracket G1 engages loosely with the adjusting collar or'sleeve to permit the latter torotate with the shaft and Within the bracket without affecting the position of the controlling-lever. On the hopper 4 is attached a graduated plate 6G, to which is slidably connected an indicator-plate G8 by a bolt which passes through a slot 67 in plate 68, the latter being operativelyconnected bya link G9 to the controlling-lever 60. The link G9 is preferably pivoted at one end to the pivoted bracket 6l', and its other end is pivoted directly to the slidable indicator, as shown. The lever can be moved bythe driver to shift the bracket 6l and'move tleadjusting collar or sleeve, thuvsmoving tle feedfroll shaft 48, and with it theseries of feed-rolls and smooth-faced rolls,to vary the quantity of seed deposited by the iiuted feed-rolls, and at the samev time the lever operates the link 69 to move the indicator G8 to-a different position on the graduated plate to make the latter show to the operator vthe adjustment of the feed-rolls and the quantity of seed said rolls are depositing in the drills. The controllinglever is thus operatively connected with the feed-rolls and with the indicator mechanism,

.and the parts move in synchronism to regulate the seed discharge and to indicate on a` dial the adjustment of said part-s.

I will now proceedto describe in-detail the vtransmitting-gearing between two adjacent press-wheel shafts and the feed-roll shaft, reference being had more particularly to Figs. 14, 15, and 1G in connection with Figs. l, 2, 3, 5, and 6.

The feed-rollshaft is driven by transmitting mechanism from two adjacent axles of two pairs of carrying or press wheels. the main shaft or axle l of the machine is bolted a pair of hangers 70, provided with bearings, in which is journaled a short counter-shaft 7l. 0n this counter-shaft is loosely mounted a sprocket-pinion 72, provided at its ends with clutch-faces 7 3. On opposite sides -of the sprocket-pinion 72 is arranged the slidable sprocket-wheels 74 i751, which are provided with the clutch-faces 76 and are normally pressed into engagement with the clutch-faces 73 of the pinion 72 bymeans of the coiled springs 77, which are fitted on the counter-shaft 7l. The sprocket-wheel 74 is connected by a sprocket-chain 78 to a sprocket- Wheel'79 on the end of the axles of a pair of press-wheels; but the other slidable sprocketwheel 75 is connected by a sprocket-chain 80 with a sprocket wheel 8l on the end of another axle of an adjacent pair of press.-`

wheels. Should one pair of press-wheels bc in a 'position Where it will fail to rotate the slidable sprocket on the counter-shaft 71, the other pair of press-wheels will serve to drive the other sprocket-wheel on said countershaft, and thus the' sprocket-pinion 72 will IXO be rotated by one or the other pair of presswheels and the machine adapted for proper operation. The sprocket-pinion Z2 operates a transmitting sprocket-chain 84, which passes around a sprocket-wheel 84' on the feed-roll shaft 48 in a manner to rotate or drive the latter.

In connection with the sprocket-wheel 84' on the feed-roll shaft 48 and with the vertically-adjustable front part of the planter, I have combined novel mechanism for throwing out of operation the feed-roll shaft when the colters and drills are raised out of the ground-as, for instance, when the machine is traveling to or from the field or turning at the end of the furrow. To this end I provide the sprocket-wheel 84:' with a clutch-face 85 on one side thereof and mount said sprocketwheel 84' loosely on the feed-roll shaft 48. Adjacent to the sprocket-wheel 84' is arranged a shiftable clutch 85', which is slidably fitted on the feed-roll shaft 48 to rotate therewith, and this clutch is provided at one` end with an annular groove 86, in which fits the forked or rounded end of a shipper-arm 87, the latter being attached to one end of a shipper-rod 88. This shipper-rod is slidably fitted in suitable bearings on the hopper 4, and said rod is norm ally im pelled by a coiled spring 89 in a direction to move the clutch 85 into engagement with the sprocket-wheel 8l', thus making the latter fast with the feed-roll shaft to rotate the latter. The end of the shipper-rod opposite to the cud carrying the shipper-arm is formed into or provided with an eye or loop 90, which may be slidably fitted in a suitable guide on the hopper 4, and through this eye or loop of .I the shipper-rod passes a vertical operating bar or rod 91. The lower end of the vertical rod or bar is rigidly fastened to one of the lifting-bars 18, and said vertical rod or bar is formed or provided at an intermediate point of its length with a swelled or enlarged section, forming a wedge or cam 92, which is adapted on the upward movement of the lifting-bar 18 to pass into and act against the loop or eye of the shipper-rod 88. As the wedge or cam 92 of the vertically-movable' rod or bar 91 binds against the eye or loop 90 of the shipper-rod 88 the latter is drawn endwise against the tension of the spring 89 to move the shipper-arm 87 sidewise and adjust the clutch 85' on the feed-roll shaft 48 to withdraw said clutch from engagement with the sprocket-wheel 84,'thus making the said sprocket-wheel 84' loose on the shaft 48 and allowing the latter to remain at rest. lVhen the colters are lowered by adjusting the handilever 24 and the lifting-bars 18 drop down to the normal position, the vertically-movable rod 91 is pulled down with the liftingbar 18, to which it is'attached', and thus the wedge or cam 92 of the bar 91 is withdrawn from the eye or loop of the shipper-rod to permit the spring 89 to return the shipperrod to a position where the arm 87 impels the clutch in engagement with the sprocketwheel 84E'.

It will be observed that the feed-roll shaft 48 is thus automatically thrown out of operative connection with its driving mechanisml when the drills and colters are raised by the adjustment of the hand-lever; but when the parts are restored to normal active position the feed-roll shaft is again thrown into operative relation with its driving mechanism.

It is thought that the operation of my invention will be readily understood "from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and in the details of construction of the devices herein shown and described as the preferred embodiment of my invention may be made by a skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such lnoditications'as fairly fall vwithin the scope of the invention. j

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. In a seedpress-drill, the combination with a frame and a series of front springhangers carrying drill-tubes, of another series of rear spring-hangers of less number than the first series of spring-han gers and attached to the frame in alternate relation to the front hangers and adapted for vertical yielding movement independently of each other and of the first series of hangers, and press-wheels arranged in pairs to follow in the wake of the drill-tubes, one pair of press-wheels being carried by each hanger of the rear se ries thereof, substantially as described.

2. In a seed press-drill, the combination with a frame, and a front series of springhangers carrying drill-tubes, of a rear series of spring-hangers of less number than the first series of hangers and attached to the frame in alternate relation to said front han gers for vertical yielding movement or play independently of each other and'of the first series of hangers, an axle rigid with each of the rear spring-hangers, and a pair of presswheels jeurnaled on the axle of each of said rear hangers, said press-wheels arranged to Vtravel in the wake of the drill-tubes on the front hangers, substantially as described.

3. In a seed press-drill, the combination with frontand rear shafts, and a series o f front hangers attached to the front shaft and' carrying drill-tubes and colters, of a series of rear spring-hangers attached to the rea-r shaft in the intervals between the attachment of the front hangers and adapted for vertical yielding movement or play independently of each other and'of the front hangers, a series ofa-Xles each rigidly attached to one of the rear spring-hangers and provided with spaced boxings, and press-wheels journaled in pairs IOO IIO

011 the axles of the rear spring-hangers, substantially as described.

4. In a seed-planter, the combination with a spring-hanger, 42, of the boxing t3 united rigidly to'said hanger, a transverse axle carried by said boxing and projecting at both 'ends laterally therefrom,a pair of press-wheels journaled on the protruding ends of said axle and spaced in relation to each other by the intermediate boxing, and suitable retainers on the axle to hold the press-wheels in position, substantially as described.

5. The combination with front and rear axles or shaft-s, of a draft-tongue attached to the front shaft, a seat-frame loosely attached to' the front shaft and rigidly connected with the rear axle, lifting-bars attached to the front shaft and to the draft-tongue, an operatingshaft journaled on the seat-frame and operatively connected with the lifting-bars, and a controlling-lever with means for locking the same in place, as and for the purposes described. l

G. The combination with a front shaft, and a rear axle, of a draft-tongue attached to said front shaft, a seat-frame loosely connected to the front shaft and rigidly fastened to the rear axle, lifting-bars attached to the tongue and to the front axle and extending rearwardly beneath the rear axle, an operatingshaft journaled on the seat-frame and provided with rock-arms, links connecting said rock-arms with the lifting-bars, a hand-lever attached to the rock-shaft, and a segment with locking means with which the hand-lever is adjustably connected, as and for the purposes described.

partially w1thin the end of the feed-roll to afford a bearing for said roll and providedwith an annular flange at its end opposite to the feed-rolhand a smooth roll or follower having an inwardly-extending flange which lits between the open end of the feed-roll and the flange of the bearing-cone, whereby the follower is coupled by the bearing-cone to the feed-roll, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a feed-cup, a shaft and a fluted feed-roll fitted at one end to the shaft, of a bearing-cone arranged on the shaft partially within the open end of the feed-cup and having at one end an annular flange 52, a smooth roll or follower provided with an inwardly-extending flange'which fits between the end of the feed-roll and flange of the bearing-cone, and the retainers 51 attached to the shaft and fitted against the feed-rolll and the bearing-cone, substantially asdescribed.

9. The combination with au endwise-mov- 'able feed-shaft, of a fixed supporting-plate,

a lever fulcrumed on said plate and having a free end projecting rearwardly therefrom and beyond the feed-shaft, and an adjusting cola supporting-plate, a lever fulcrumed at one end on said plate and slidably attached, near its free end, to said plate, a swiveled bracket carried-by said lever, and an ad j ust-ing-collar fitted to the shaft to move therewith and loosely journaled in and connected to said bracket to be adjusted by the lever and the bracket, substantially as described.

12. The combination with a feed-shaft, of a controlling level', a collar or sleeve attached to the shaft to move therewith, a swiveled bracket carried by the lever and loosely engaged with said adjusting collar o'r sleeve, an indicator-plate, a slidable indicator supported by said plate, and means for connecting the slidable indicator with said lever, substantially as described.

13. The combination with an endwisc-movable, feed-roll shaft, ofI an adjusting collar or sleeve attached thereto, an indicator-plate, a slidable indicator, a.controlling-lever, and a bracket pivoted to said lever, linked to the indicator, and operatively connected with the adjusting collar or sleeve, as and for the purposes described.

14. The combination with an axle or shaft,

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and. a feed-roll shaft, of spring-hangers each carrying a pair of presser-wheels, a countershaft operatively connected with the axles of adjacent pairs of presser-wheels, and transmitting-gearing between said feed-roll shaft and the counter-shaft, as and for the purposes described.

15. The combination with an axle or shaft,

-shaft, and a sprocket-chain connecting the third sprocket on the counter-shaft with the sprocket on the feed-roll shaft, as and for the purposes described.

1U. The combination with an axle or shaft, 1, and a feed-roll shaft, of :l counter-shaft journaled on the shaft or axle, 1, of a pair of axlescarrying press-wheels, a pair of sprockets on the counter -shaft having operative connections with said press-wheel axles, a central sprocket-pinion on the counter-shaft and arranged between said sprocket-wheels thereon to be clutched to either of the same,

springs which act on the outside sprockets to normally force them into engagement with the central sprocket, and a sprocket-wheel on the feed-roll shaft and connected with the central sprocket-pinion, as and for the purposes described. I v

17. The combination with an adjustable drill and colter ca rrying mechanism and the feed-roll shaft, of the press-Wheels mounted independently of the drill and colter carrying mechanism, a transmitting mechanism intermediate the press-Wheels andthe feed-roll V shaft, a clutcli'formaking one member ofthe transmitting mechanism Vfast with the feedroll shaft, a shipper mechanism connected with said clutch, and means for operatively connecting the shipper with the drill and colter carrying mechanism, substantially as described.

18. The combination with a drill andcolter4 carrying mechanism, and a feed-roll shaft, of the press-Wheels, a counter-shaft, clutch-controlled gearing between the press-wheels and the counter-shaft, gearing between the counter-shaft and the feed-roll shaft, a`clutch and shipper mechanism for making one member of the last-named gearing fast and loose on the feed-roll shaft, and means for connecting the shipper with the drill and colter carrying mechanism, substantially as and for the purposes described.

19. The combination with a feedsroll shaft, of a sprocket mounted loosely on said shaft, a clutch fitted to the shaft to make the sprocket fast therewith, mechanism for rotating said sprocket, a spring-controlled shipper-rod having a loop or eye and connected with said clutch, a drill and colter mechanism, and a cam or wedge-bar movable with the drill and colter mechanism in its vertical adjustment and fitted normally in the eye or loop of the shipper-rod, substantially as described.

' 20. The combination with a feed-roll shaft, and a drill and colter carrying mechanism, of a counter-shaft arranged parallel to the feedroll shaft, sprocket-Wheels mounted loosely on the feed-roll shaft and the countershaft and, connected operatively together by an intermediate sprocket-chain, independent press- Wheels, spring-controlled clutch and sprocket wheels mounted on the counter-shaft and adapted to engage with the intermediate sprocket-Wheel also'tted on said shaft, independentsprocket-chains'connecting the press- .trolled shipper-rod connected at one end to said clutch and carrying a loop orl eye, and a cam or wedge-bar attached to said lifting-bar andl fitted to the eye or loop of the shipperrod, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I .claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. KING.

Witnesses J. E. PLANK, Jas. II. Casnnnnn. 

